Covid-19: Willingness to vaccinate among slum-dwellers
Vaccination is among the success stories in modern-day medicine, and is seen by the WHO as a key element of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this note, Augsburg et al. discuss findings from a...
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Alex Armand
Britta Augsburg
Antonella Bancalari
05 August, 2020
- Notes from the Field
Balancing corruption and exclusion: A rejoinder
The role of Aadhaar in reducing corruption in the PDS has been highly controversial. In a recent I4I article, Muralidharan et al. summarised the insights of their study of Aadhaar-based biometric auth...
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Jean Drèze
Reetika Khera
Anmol Somanchi
28 September, 2020
- Perspectives
How wide is the ‘sink of localism’ in India?
While spatial segregation based on caste or religion is a constitutive feature of social life in India, there have been very few systematic studies of it. This article presents central findings from t...
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Naveen Bharathi
Deepak Malghan
Andaleeb Rahman
18 January, 2021
- Articles
DUET: Expand to include social protection for informal workers
Commenting on Jean Drèze’s DUET proposal, Rakshita Swamy and Amit Basole highlight its simple design as its strength and propose a more comprehensive approach that also includes social protection f...
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Amit Basole
Rakshita Swamy
19 October, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: Some practical concerns
Providing her perspective on Jean Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, Ashwini Kulkarni raises pertinent questions about the implementation process. She outlines the role of ‘labour...
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Ashwini Kulkarni
08 October, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: The industrial policy angle
Providing her perspective on Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, Swati Dhingra contends that addressing the immediate, monumental problem of joblessness arising from the Covid-19 pan...
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Swati Dhingra
08 October, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: Flexible implementation is key
Commenting on Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, Yamini Aiyar contends that it is a welcome opportunity to reclaim the importance of robust social protection for urban India, while ...
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Yamini Aiyar
07 October, 2020
- Perspectives
Why are MNREGA wages so low?
The widespread disruption of economic activity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced many to turn to MNREGA work in rural India. In this post, Agarwal and Paikrashow that current wages under thee...
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Ankita Aggarwal
Vipul Kumar Paikra
05 October, 2020
- Perspectives
CPR-I4I webinar video: A new economic imagination?
Centre for Policy Research and Ideas for India jointly held a webinar on 16 September 2020, to discuss domestic demand specifically in rural India. It built on a recent I4I post by three of the speake...
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Yamini Aiyar
Maitreesh Ghatak
Ashok Kotwal
Mekhala Krishnamurthy
Bharat Ramaswami
30 September, 2020
- Videos
Balancing corruption and exclusion: A rejoinder
The role of Aadhaar in reducing corruption in the PDS has been highly controversial. In a recent I4I article, Muralidharan et al. summarised the insights of their study of Aadhaar-based biometric auth...
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Jean Drèze
Reetika Khera
Anmol Somanchi
28 September, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: Need to keep open mind, pilot cautiously
Commenting on Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, Sandip Sukhtankar contends that given the potential promise but obvious issues that need to be addressed, the proposal is indeed rip...
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Sandip Sukhtankar
24 September, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: Weighing the costs and benefits
Presenting her perspective on Drèze’s DUET proposal, Farzana Afridi contends that in the net, we need to evaluate the relative cost and benefit of having a potentially administratively complex urb...
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Farzana Afridi
21 September, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: Learning from the experiences of other countries
Commenting on Drèze’s DUET proposal, Martin Ravallion suggests that three steps are needed: learning from other countries’ experiences with similar policies, conducting trials in various contexts...
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Martin Ravallion
16 September, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: Addressing ‘why’ before ‘how’
Commenting on Drèze's DUET proposal and related views, Ashok Kotwal argues that we need to consider the rationale for such an urban work programme, before diving into the design details.
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Ashok Kotwal
15 September, 2020
- Perspectives
DUET: Employment programme in public works in small towns
Given the severe problems of unemployment and under-employment in urban India, particularly among the country’s burgeoning youth population, Pranab Bardhan emphasises the need for an employment prog...
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Pranab Bardhan
12 September, 2020
- Perspectives
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Covid-19: What can be done immediately to help vulnerable population
With over 80% of India’s workforce employed in the informal sector and one-third working as casual labour, Covid-19's spread and subsequent unplanned lockdowns, have created economic havoc in the li...
Reetika Khera
25 March, 2020
- Perspectives
EWS reservation in higher education: Affirmative action or vote bank politics?
The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019, provides for 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in higher educational institutions within the general category. In this post, Devi...
Devika Malhotra Sharma
11 September, 2019
- Perspectives
Lockdown, life, and livelihood in the times of Corona
After around 36 hours of the lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in India, the Finance Minister announced a slew of welfare measures amounting to Rs. 1.7 trillion to support the vulnerable popu...
Arjun Kumar
Balwant Singh Mehta
Simi Mehta
07 April, 2020
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